Tax Sale Info

TAX SALE: 

Unpaid taxes, interest, and other Municipal Charges become a lien. The Tax Collector shall enforce the lien through a publicly held standard tax sale each year.

Properties included in the tax sale will be advertised in the Cape May County Herald for four (4) weeks prior to the sale.

If your property is included in the tax sale, a lien will be placed against your property at the time of the sale. Contact the Tax Office with any questions.

November 20, 2025

 Properties Subject to Tax Sale TBD

Check back October 1st for list

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CITY OF CAPE MAY
CAPE MAY COUNTY, NJ
NOTICE OF TAX TITLE LIEN SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned will sell at public auction in the City Hall Auditorium in the Municipal building, in the said taxing district, on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at 10:00 (AM) in the morning of that day, the following lots, tracts, and parcels of land hereinafter specified to make the amount of municipal liens, chargeable against the same, on the 31st day of December, 2021, with interest thereon to the date of sale, and costs of sale.
The undersigned will sell a lien to the person who bids the amount due subject to redemption at the lowest rate of interest, but in no case exceeding the rate of eighteen percent per annum. CASH, MONEY ORDERS, CERTIFIED CHECKS, or WIRE TRANSFER for the exact amount due will be accepted as payment on the day of the sale. Payments to be made by wire transfer must be established prior to the commencement of the sale. NO PERSONAL CHECKS will be accepted unless a Line of Credit Statement is issued by the maker’s bank. All payments for the purchase of liens will be accepted in the tax office immediately upon conclusion of the sale. Any Parcel for which there shall be no bidder will be struck off and sold to the City of Cape May at eighteen percent per annum.
This sale is made under the provisions of the “Tax Sale Law,” Title 54, Chapter 5, revised statutes of New Jersey. The sale is held subject to taxes levied or to be levied for the current year (2022), or any prior year as an Added or Omitted Assessment, and not yet certified by the Cape May County Board of Taxation. IN THE EVENT THE OWNER IS ON ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE MILITARY, THE COLLECTOR SHOULD BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY.
Payment of the amount due as advertised on any parcel plus accruing late interest on the current year (2022) delinquencies may be made at any time before the sale, in CASH, MONEY ORDER, or CERTIFIED CHECK, whereupon the impending sale will be cancelled.
The following is a description of the land and the owner’s name as obtained from the Tax Duplicate of 2022, in my office, with the total amount due thereon as computed to December 1, 2022.

* Industrial Properties may be subject to the Spill Compensation and Control Act (NJSA 58: 10-23.11 et seq.), The Water Pollution Control Act (NJSA 58:10A-1 et seq.), and the Industrial Site Recovery Act (NJSA 13:1K-6 et seq.). In addition, the municipality is precluded from issuing a tax sale certificate to any prospective purchaser who is or may be in any way connected to the prior owner or operator of the site.

Deborah A. Lindholm
         Certified Tax Collector